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Oh my God!" said one of the Ambers. "Is this not the worst trip ever? Did you see the snow?" She was a sharp one, this Amber. What would she notice next? The train? The moon? The hilarious vagaries of human existence? Her own head? (Maureen Johnson)
It took a lot of women like that, a lot of women who said "I'm not going to do what you expect me to do, because you have no idea what I'm capable of. I'm going to get dirty and use tools and live the way I want" to move the world forward. View quote
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We're going to die," Keith said, the moment he was gone. "This man is a serial killer. We're going to die, and he's going to bury us in his garden and build a shed on us. View quote
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I had one class in the morning, the mysteriously named "Further Maths". It was two hours long and so deeply frightening that I think I went into a trance. View quote
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Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison. "It's both sad and incredibly impressive that you were all ready with that one. View quote
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i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas. View quote
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I'm the last of the mad ones. View quote
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Boo: "Go talk to her." Callum: "About what?" Boo: "Anything." Callum: "You want me to walk up to her and say, 'Are you a ghost?'" Boo: "I do that." Callum: "I love it when you get it wrong. View quote
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These houses had been plunked down with an alarming randomness -- unevenly spaced, on crooked lines, like whoever had designed the place had said, "We'll just follow this cat, and wherever he sits down, we'll build something. View quote
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I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear. View quote
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We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat. (Maureen Johnson)
Hey! Jack the Wanker! Over here! I want your autograph! View quote
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I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made. View quote
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Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not. View quote
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Irony is the word I forget the meaning of immediately after I look it up, but I kind of feel like I live in a constant state of it. View quote
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New start or not, there was a line to be drawn, and that line was singing musicals to yourself as serious psychological motivation. View quote
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The whole "weak in the knees" thing,which she always thought was just some idiotic expression back from the golden age of idiotic expressions,was real. -Suite Scarlett. View quote
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It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee. View quote
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Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this. View quote
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I'm done. I'm going to go to bed and read important books about theater." "It would would be easier if you just said porn," Scarlett said. "No idea what you're talking about. But knock first if you need me. View quote
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Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine. You're not fine. And you don't have to be fine. (Maureen Johnson)
Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?" Keith asked... "you all think you're Irish. What's the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lep­rechaun. View quote
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I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death. View quote
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Tell me what you want, what you really, really want," he said. "Braiiinnnnssss," we said in unison. View quote
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And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed. View quote
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